Chapter 10.16 — CARD ROOMS AND GAMBLING

It is unlawful for any person within the City to exhibit or expose to view in any barred or barricaded house or room or in any place built or protected in a manner to make it difficult to access or ingress to police officers, when three or more persons are present, any cards, dice, dominoes, fan-tan table or layout, or any part of such layout, or any gambling implements whatsoever; or for any person to visit or resort to any such barred or barricaded house or room or other place in the City built or protected in a manner to make it difficult to access or ingress to peace officers, where any cards, dice, dominoes, fan-tan table or layout, or any such layout, or any gambling implements whatsoever are exhibited or exposed to view when three or more persons are present; or for any person in said City to become a visitor at any place for the practice of gambling in the City.

It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise knowingly to let or underlet, or transfer the possession of any premises for use by any person, or to permit any house, room apartment or place owned by him or under his charge or control in the City to be used, in whole or in part, as a gambling house or as mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California, with cards, dice or other device for money, checks, chips, credit or anything of value.

It is unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, to keep, conduct or maintain within the City any house, room, apartment, or place used in whole or in part as a gambling house or a place where any game, not mentioned in Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California, is played, conducted, held, or carried on with cards, dice or other device for money, checks, chips, credit or anything of value.

It is unlawful for any person within the City to conduct, carry on, play at or bet upon any game known as a peon, chuck-a-luck or any other game played with cards, dice or other instruments for money or for anything of value whatsoever, or to bet with money or anything of value whatsoever at or upon the result of any of said games or either of them.